Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 56: what you’re looking at

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58° THE FOREST ‘MONSTER: '! The trapper was on the alert: instantly. His eagle eye was fixed upon the bushes, with the sharp, penetrating glance of suspicion + but ‘the vegetation was too-dense and: luxuriant for him to poncho whether ete was’ any isis beneath them: or not. i 42-0 gaits, sid Wonder ef thiat was a Blackfoot,”. he remedied i as heheld his: vifle“ready for use at .a'second’s warning. “ Some con-. founded varmint like as not: is follerin’ me. Pil see ef IL. can. ” ‘Raising his gun to bins sehouldery he oteud directly at the center of the bushes and discharged it.) No response followed, not @vén the rattling of an additional pebble. All remained as quiet’and motionless as before the disturbance took placc. This almost convinced the trapper that there was no man or animal concealed there.’ Even had he not hit him with his bullet, the shot itself would have caused a:‘movement that would have loosened the debris again. | ‘“T guess the thing done itself,’ he concluded, as ei re- loaded his piece, and scrutinized'a moment/or two longer. ‘Ashe moved away, hes occasionally-turned his head -and - glanced back, but saw nothing to renew his suspicions, and > by the time he-had passed a hundred yards down the valley, he had come to the opinion that there was but one eye that was Surveying his movements—and that was the eye that. looked upon him in kindness and mercy, as it “—_ upon all» mbit? Os gaui? toptsi ed wornne Lox we Still no signs of gold.) ) oi Gg disieobed bt rENé ard tas £Aiteseling) ientobanss of: tiisittvenne dow thie valley. In some places it brawled over stones, with a noise that shut otit’all other sounds, and: om it. = ot and> still, like the current of a deep river, © © >) | ‘It was of crystal clearness, and there was no place — a ca eee “ liquid air” floating at his feet) = ' “Wonder ef thar’s any use of my wadin’ an thar, sa over them stonés, and lookin’ under them—” - ‘Suddenly he paused. What did he see? ‘He looked steadily a moment, and > Dts otheabrcaiiva — Riaehes as'lie plainly distinguished something yellow glistening in the + center of the bed. The next instant he*had plunged into the i connicloooks.conn